Silver bowl with inscription A1 Vase A of Artaxerxes I Makrocheir (1)

Silver bowl with inscription A1 Vase A of Artaxerxes I Makrocheir (1)

Description

Silver bowl with inscription A1 Vase A of Artaxerxes I Makrocheir

Details

Old Persian inscription on four silver dishes.

  1. Artaxšaçâ \ XŠ \ vazraka \ XŠ \ XŠyânâm \ XŠ \ DHyûnâm \
  2. Xšayâršahyâ \ XŠhyâ \ puça \
  3. Xšayâršahyâ \ Dârayavaušahyâ \ XŠhyâ \ puça \
  4. Haxâmanišiya \ hya \ imam \ bâtugara \ siyamam \ vithiyâ \ karta

Artaxerxes, the great king, king of kings, king of all peoples,
son of king Xerxes,
Xerxes the son of king Darius,
the Achaemenid, who made this silver cup in his palace.

There's a similar object here.

Date

465 BCE–423 BCE

Inscriptionnr

A1 Vase A (Persian)

Creator

Marco Prins

Museum

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

CC0 1.0 Universal

Categories

Persia

Tags

Inscription, Utensil

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